Italy at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Italy at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Italy
IPC code	ITA
NPC	Comitato Italiano Paralimpico
Website	comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian)
in Beijing, China 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) – 13 March 2022 (2022-03-13)
Competitors	32 (28 men and 4 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Giacomo Bertagnolli[1]
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 7
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President Sergio Mattarella with the Paralympic team at the ceremony of delivery of the Italian Flag

Italy competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.

Medalists

Further information: 2022 Winter Paralympics medal table

The following Italian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli Alpine skiing Men's slalom, visually impaired 13 March  Gold Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli Alpine skiing Men's super combined, visually impaired 7 March  Silver Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, visually impaired 10 March  Silver Rene de Silvestro Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, sitting 10 March  Silver Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli Alpine skiing Men's super-G, visually impaired 6 March  Bronze Rene de Silvestro Alpine skiing Men's slalom, sitting 13 March  Bronze Giuseppe Romele Cross-country skiing Men's 12.5 km, sitting 12 March

Medals by sport Sport Total Alpine skiing 2 3 1 6 Cross country 0 0 1 1 Total 2 3 2 7 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 2 3 2 7 Female 0 0 0 0 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 2 3 2 7

Participants

32 in 4 sports. 4 athletes are women.[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Para-alpine skiing	4 + 1 guides	2 + 2 guide	6 + 3 guides
Para cross country skiing	3	0	3
Para ice hockey	17	0	17
Para snowboard	3	0	3
TOTAL	27 + 1 guides	2 + 2 guides	29 + 3 guides

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Four male athletes and two female athletes, plus three guides, competed in alpine skiing for Italy,[3] including the country's flagbearer in the opening ceremony, Giacomo Bertagnolli.[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Federico Pelizzari	Downhill, standing	—				1:19.73	12
	Salom, standing	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	58.77	4	57.59	4	1:56.36	4
	Super-G, standing	—				1:14.70	18
	Super combined, standing	1:15.15	13	40.74	3	1:55.89	5
Davide Bendotti	Salom, standing	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	1:05.20	21	1:02.30	20	2:07.50	21
	Super-G, standing	—				1:16.30	22
	Super combined, standing	1:17.37	22	DNF
Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli	Downhill, visually impaired	—				1:17.05	6
	Slalom, visually impaired	39.62	1	47.20	2	1:26.81
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	54.88	1	56.14	2	1:51.02
	Super-G, visually impaired	—				1:09.31
	Super combined, visually impaired	1:10.71	3	39.09	1	1:49.80
René De Silvestro	Slalom, sitting	42.22	3	56.22	7	1:38.44
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:00.02	3	57.48	2	1:57.50
	Super-G, sitting	—				1:11.54	4
	Super combined, sitting	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martina Vozza Guide: Ylenia Sabidussi	Downhill, visually impaired	—				DNF
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:03.20	8	1:05.63	8	2:08.83	8
	Slalom, visually impaired	DNF
	Super combined, visually impaired	DNF
	Super-G, visually impaired	—				DNF
Chiara Mazzel Guide: Fabrizio Casal	Giant slalom, visually impaired	DNF
	Slalom, visually impaired	48.39	7	51.21	9	1:39.60	7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Three Italian athletes competed in cross-country skiing.[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristian Toninelli	1.5 km sprint, sitting	3:20.99	24	Did not advance
	12.5 km free, standing	—				41:28.5	16
Michele Biglione	1.5 km sprint, sitting	2:48.54	29	Did not advance
	10 km, sitting	—				40:56.0	25
	18 km, sitting	—				57:38.0	21
Giuseppe Romele	1.5 km sprint, sitting	2:24.46	8 Q	2:57.6	4	Did not advance
	10 km, sitting	—				31:42.5
	18 km, sitting	—				48:03.3	5

Relay

Athletes	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Michele Biglione Giuseppe Romele Cristian Toninelli	4 x 2.5 km open relay	34:04.7	10

Para ice hockey

Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Italy qualified at the Paralympic Qualification Tournament held in Berlin, Germany.[6][7]

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	5th place
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Italy	Mixed tournament	Czech Republic L 0–5	Slovakia W 2–1 GWS	China L 0–6	3 Q	South Korea L 0–4	DNQ	Czech Republic W 4–3	5

The selected players are:

• Alessandro Andreoni
• Gabriele Araudo
• Bruno Balossetti
• Cristoph De Paoli
• Alex Enederle
• Stephan Kafmann
• Julian Kasslatter
• Gabriele Lanza
• Nils Larch
• Andrea Macrì
• Roberto Radice
• Matteo Remotti Marnini
• Gianluigi Rosa
• Santino Stillitano
• Francesco Torella
• Gian Luca Cavaliere
• Stefan Kerschbaumer

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China (H)	3	3	0	0	0	18	2	+16	9	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Italy	3	0	1	0	2	2	12	−10	2
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1	Eliminated

Source: Beijing 2022
(H) Host

5 March 2022 16:35

Czech Republic

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Italy

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Game reference
	Martin Kudela	Goalies	Gabriele Araudo Julian Kasslatter	Referee: Kenneth Danielsen Linesmen: Tibor Fazekaš David Nothegger
	Kubeš (Wagner, Raul) (EA) – 10:49 1–0 Zelinka (Doležal, Raul) – 12:36 2–0 Palát (Krupička, Hábl) – 15:54 3–0 Hečko (Wagner) – 17:31 4–0 Geier (Wagner, Kubeš) (PP) – 36:35 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	14	Shots	11

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6 March 2022 16:35

Italy

2–1 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Game reference
	Gabriele Araudo Julian Kasslatter	Goalies	Eduard Lepáček	Referee: Owe Lüthcke Linesmen: Tony Rundström Jan Vaněk
	0–1 29:50 – Korman (Stašák) Rosa (Larch) – 39:03 1–1
	Larch Depaoli Rosa Larch	Shootout	Stašák Joppa Ligda Joppa
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	12

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8 March 2022 16:35

Italy

0–6 (0–4, 0–2, 0–0)

China

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 1,224

Game reference
	Julian Kasslatter Gabriele Araudo	Goalies	Wang Wei	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Tony Rundström Jan Vaněk
	0–1 00:16 – Wang Z. (Shen) 0–2 02:41 – Bai (Wang Z.) 0–3 03:52 – Qiu (Li, Tian) 0–4 12:08 – Hu (Tian) (PP2) 0–5 17:42 – Wang Z. (Tian, Li) 0–6 25:23 – Qiu (Lyu)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	1	Shots	25

Quarterfinal

9 March 2022 16:35

South Korea

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Italy

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 1,206

Game reference
	Choi Hyuk-jun	Goalies	Gabriele Araudo	Referee: Bobby Esposito Linesmen: Matt Fergenbaum Andreas Lundén
	Jang D. – 03:30 1–0 Jung (Jang D., Lee Jo.) – 25:53 2–0 Lee Jo. (Jung) – 30:25 3–0 Jang D. (Jang J.) (ENG) – 42:38 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	15

Fifth place game

11 March 2022 16:05

Czech Republic

3–4 OT (0–0, 1–1, 2–2) (OT: 0–1)

Italy

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Game reference
	Michal Vápenka	Goalies	Julian Kasslatter	Referee: Bobby Esposito Linesmen: Louis Beelen Tibor Fazekaš
	0–1 24:11 – Rosa (Macrì) (PP) Ohar (Veselý, Palát) (PP) – 27:24 1–1 Novotný (PS) – 37:05 2–1 2–2 40:48 – Rosa (Larch, Depaoli) Geier (Novotný, Raul) – 44:15 3–2 3–3 44:48 – Macrì (Rosa) (EA) 3–4 51:47 – Depaoli (Macrì)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	18

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Three athletes competed for Italy in snowboarding.[8]

Banked slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Jacopo Luchini	Men's banked slalom, SB-UL	1:11.60	1:10.28	1:10.28	5
Riccardo Cardani	Men's banked slalom, SB-UL	1:12.89	1:13.25	1:12.89	10
Mirko Moro	Men's banked slalom, SB-UL	1:13.17	1:12.95	1:12.95	11

Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Seed	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Jacopo Luchini	Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL	1:03.34	1:22.14	1:03.34	5 Q	2 Q	3 FB	2	6
Riccardo Cardani	Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL	1:07.92	1:08.29	1:07.92	13 Q	3	Did not advance
Mirko Moro	Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL	1:07.64	1:06.27	1:06.27	12 Q	4	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

See also

• Italy at the Paralympics
• Italy at the 2022 Winter Olympics

References

1. "La squadra italiana ai Giochi Paralimpici Invernali di Beijing 2022".
2. "La squadra italiana ai Giochi Paralimpici Invernali di Beijing 2022".
3. "La squadra italiana ai Giochi Paralimpici Invernali di Beijing 2022".
4. "La squadra italiana ai Giochi Paralimpici Invernali di Beijing 2022".
5. "Cross-country Skiing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
6. Morgan, Liam (30 November 2021). "Italy secure place in Para ice hockey event at Beijing 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
7. "Berlin 2021: Italy and Slovakia book last tickets to Beijing Winter Paralympics". Paralympic.org. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
8. "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.